-Zhao's calligraphy concept and accomplishment
This is the best period for the development of calligraphy. Rich life makes the public pay more and more attention to spiritual consumption. Calligraphy, as an elegant art form, is also highly respected. Calligraphers are gradually entering the public life, and the painting and calligraphy industry is also booming. At the same time, more and more people are entering the calligraphy circle, whether it's hobbies, pursuing elegance or self-cultivation. I usually call them enthusiasts. Of course, there are fanatics, or pen and ink, who use the best, or grotesque, boasting about the world, or not learning tablet, and arbitrarily waving ink, which can be ignored. But in my opinion, few people I know can really be called calligraphy lovers. Zhao is one of the few. what is love ? Nothing, but calm.
Nowadays, the development of calligraphy has entered a special transition period. With the great revival of traditional culture, the popular aesthetics of calligraphy has gradually changed from novel style and unique mounting to beauty, and gradually paid attention to the inheritance of classics and the charm of pen and ink. Calligraphy, like other things, is a spiral development, which requires constant trial and thinking. As far as trying is concerned, I believe that every calligraphy lover is brave and eager. But I think only true calligraphy lovers are willing to spend a long time studying calmly and objectively. Calm gives calligraphers a higher pattern to complete the examination of calligraphy. Only with such calmness can we establish our own independent aesthetic concept. The ancients were first scholars, thinkers and cultivators, and then calligraphers who wrote. Almost all the inscriptions handed down from generation to generation are natural. Writing is the direct carrier of cultural thoughts, and Chinese characters naturally carry the traditional culture of China, so calligraphy is not only the skill of writing and modeling, but also the art of thinking and artistic thoughts. In addition to majoring in calligraphy, Zhao has long studied schools of thought and classical literature. In its view, traditional culture is a complete set of ideological theory, which also contains a complete aesthetic system. He deals with Chinese characters every day and studies traditional culture. Over time, he constantly explored the possibility of calligraphy art with the depth of thought, specific professional skills and unique professional perspective, and under the influence of this aesthetic concept, he gradually formed an independent and distinctive calligraphy view and style.
Guan's calligraphy works are based on tradition and rooted in classics, both in style and content. In his calligraphy, regular script is the majority. From his regular script works, we can see that he inherits more than innovates. He pays more attention to charm than technique, and he cares more about structural stability than profile modeling. However, his running script works do not pursue gorgeous and elegant China Resources, but advocate the dynamic balance between center and defamiliarization. In his books, he tends to be honest and moderate in Confucian culture, integrating ancient laws, keeping his word and acting with results. Tolerance is steeper than fairness, and at the same time it has the demeanor of "Taoism is natural". What does it go to, luxury goods and Thailand. The brush strokes are smooth and natural, and the brush strokes are simple and charming. "Nothing is impossible, nothing is impossible, nothing is long-lasting, nothing is irreversible." When we taste his works, we can appreciate the writer's unique writing personality, which is not too ostentatious and formal in temperament and statutes, and is correct, full, elegant and comfortable at first glance. At the beginning of pursuing this artistic style in the past, it was incompatible with some strange styles of quick success and instant benefit, but now it is really different and I have to admire its unique aesthetic vision. Where does this vision come from? One is love and the other is calmness. The calmness of love makes calligraphers like Zhao never be confused by the occasional bubbles floating in the circle, nor be at the mercy of erratic cultural trends, innovative styles and popular styles. Perhaps it is because there are so many calligraphy lovers that calligraphy has neither lost its original nature nor turned around. Although everything is tortuous, it is indeed making progress.
As the saying goes, words are like people. The level of mind, character, cultivation and knowledge of a book is often hidden in the pen. From the contact with Zhao, it can be seen that he obviously has a feeling of weakness, but he is not passively avoiding the world and making the world independent, but actively joining the WTO in indifference to help the world. It is probably the pursuit of every calligrapher to cultivate character in traditional culture and nourish body and mind in classic poetry books. In Laozi's theory, he advocated "governing by doing nothing". Confucius said: Who knows what is impossible? Because it's impossible. Doing or not doing is a controversial topic in traditional philosophy. In fact, doing and not doing, living and joining the WTO, take care of each other. For it, to do things; If you can't do it, you must not do it. He maintained a sincere heart in this kind of action and inaction. Sober cognition, not carried away by the joy of things, not to close the world with self-sorrow. Seeing that his calligraphy also has Wei and Jin demeanor, there is no lack of fireworks, which should be the expression of this philosophical thought in his calligraphy.
The art of calligraphy is extensive and profound, and the more difficult it is, the more you can only sigh. Our talent is stupid and it is difficult to achieve anything, not to mention the vast sea of books. If you want to make waves in calligraphy Wang Yang, you must have the ambition to change things. And the world is changing with each passing day, food and clothing are enjoyable, and jade is floating in name, which disturbs my vulgar heart. Most enthusiastic people turn to other roads at the first sight of the door. There are countless people who give up halfway, and those who diligently seek hope. Therefore, I hope that more people, like Zhao, have such love and persistence in calligraphy, such indifference and sobriety, and are not disturbed by the outside world or trapped by themselves. "A husband must be quiet before he can learn", that is, in order to seek knowledge and learn from Zhiyuan, he must be quiet. It's a long road in Xiu Yuan, but it's easier said than done, so I'm encouraged by you.
(This article was published in Hebei Calligraphy and Painting Research.
Author: Huang Yuhua/Chinese studies educator)